The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-07-30
DON'T PATRoNIzE THEM.

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| It is an mdeniable TACT that it was the
energetic, solid and trustworthy business
men that made Chicago the city 81 to-
day-the seventh wonder. That fact is
true OF any live village. town or city, and
il il therefore no more than right that
those men in whose general welfare lies
the welfare of the community ought TO
be looked upon as our friends. Who is
il that pays the bulk Of the taxes with
which we are defraying the expenses OF
home government; with whichw are en-
abled to build school houses; with which
we are enabled to- make streets and roads
and build sidewalks, public buildings,
etc? Ii is the business men. Who pays
more willingly and donates more freely
and literally towards the support OF our
churches and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. than
the business men? and so on hundreds
OF things could be enumerated that we
enjoy through the prosperity OF our bus
mess men. Now is il not our duty, yes
duty, TO patroniDe our business men,
even II we have to pay sometimes a triie
more for their goods than we could get
the same for in some other town. No
one will deny that "A person can send To
Chicago, Milwaukee, or even places OF
lesser size, for lot Of goods, for which
he is required Go send the money with
the order, and in that way paying for
the goods before he sees them, and per
haps obtaining them n few cents cheaper
than I've can get them for at home. But
very seldom do these parties take the
same amount Of money and go To their
home merchants and enquire whether
they can purchase the same quantity
and quality Of goods forit by paying il
right down, but on the contrary ten to
one they ask the merchants TO charge il
and allow it To remain charged ON his
books until such time AZ il is more con
venient for him to pay. Is not such "A
business man that will furnish you goods
upon your word for payment and not
your ready cash, entitled to n larger
margin than the outsider who gets your
money before he ships the goods? But
that is not the worst way Of doing bus
mess. There liz now spread all over this
country alot ofunprincipalled, dishonest
individuals, belonging to the outcast OF
all Europe, who under the pretense OF
selling you cheap" goods, gofrom house
co house with their packs three times
the size 81 themselves and in your absence
20 To your wife, well knowing that they,
as a rule, are more easily entrapped, and
with their sweet" broken dialects,
crooked noses and squint eyes, and dis
honest ways, pursuade your wife 60 buy
something she has no Use OF, mt present
at least and perhaps never. Did you
ever stop and take a good look at the
contents OF one Of these packs? II you
ever did, you know that you can zee
there anything and everything in the line
of shop-worn old trash, from "a needle
TO suit Of clothing or diamond pin.
Did you ever stop to think how these
travelling swindlers purchase the trash
which you think you buy 80 cheap? II
you have. you know that they buy the
cheapest they can get; such as old, out
of-date styles, shop-worn and damaged
goods that honest merchants throw out
81 their stocks, goods that have accum-
ulated i'm factories and that no other
merchant can or will buy. Sometimes
these same unprincipalled concerns come
TO our town, two, three ormore together
rent vacant store building and empty
therein the contents OF their packs and
put sigh over the door, great bank
rupt sale" 'lots of this or that" That
catches a good many. They stay az long
ms they can get you TO buy, then pack up
and go TO the next town, only TO find
more Suckers TO buy "sheep" goods. Are
such people worthy OF your patronage?
What actual good do you derive from
them7 Stop and ponder over this and
make UP your minds TO patronize home
trade and give the travelling sharks the
cold shoulder.